To the editor:
It was very sad that Jason Rochester of Roswell, Ga., lost his wife and the mother of his son to President Trump’s cruel and xenophobic immigration policies.
However, since Rochester voted for Trump because of his anti-choice position, the story brings into focus a point sorely missed in the abortion debates, which are being framed almost exclusively as an attack on women’s bodies, health and welfare.
For decades, Republican politicians have cynically used this wedge issue to manipulate voters, almost always against their own economic and personal interests. Tragically, this family is playing out this practice. They seem to feel uniquely victimized.
Is it possible they might now see that their single-issue, ill-informed choices at the voting booth will also have tragic consequences for countless women imperiled by making abortion illegal?
Constance Mallinson, Woodland Hills
